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Comic Con Baltics 2026

Comic Con Baltics 2026 hosted Counter-Strike 2 and VALORANT finals at LITEXPO in Vilnius, alongside online VALORANT qualifiers held April 25–26.

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Updated October 18, 2026

Competition snapshot

Host and dates

Online qualifiers · Apr 25–26; Finals: LITEXPO, Vilnius, Lithuania · May 22–23, 2026

Combined prize pool

€9,000

€5,000 for Counter-Strike 2 and €4,000 for VALORANT.[4][5]

Participant scale

VALORANT: 28 teams across qualifiers and final; Counter-Strike 2: 2 finalists listed here.[4][5][10][11]

Category

Organizer

Commercial note

Festival organizer and producer; operates the Baltics Gaming Expo esports area · Recorded in the 2026 edition.[8]

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Organizer

Partner

Livezone

Commercial note

Counter-Strike 2 competition organizer · Recorded in the 2026 edition.[4]

Category

Sponsor

Partner

Samsung

Commercial note

Comic Con Baltics 2026 event sponsor · Recorded in the 2026 edition.[1]

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Sponsor

Partner

Lenovo

Commercial note

VALORANT final presenting partner · Recorded in the 2026 edition.[1]

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Sponsor

Partner

SKYTECH

Commercial note

VALORANT final presenting partner · Recorded in the 2026 edition.[1]

Category

Sponsor

Commercial note

Counter-Strike 2 final presenting partner · Recorded in the 2026 edition.[1]

PTG Database Analysis

Comic Con Baltics 2026 included the Baltics Gaming Expo gaming area at LITEXPO in Vilnius. VALORANT held online open qualifiers April 25–26 before its final on May 22; the Counter-Strike 2 grand final was played at the festival on May 23. Renginio genas organized and produced the festival and operated the Baltics Gaming Expo esports area. Baltics Gaming Expo lists Samsung as the festival sponsor. Its schedule says the VALORANT final was presented by SKYTECH and Lenovo, while the Counter-Strike 2 final was presented by Monster Energy. Livezone organized the CS2 final competition.[1][2][3][4][5][8][9]

G2 Ares won the Counter-Strike 2 final 2–0 over Phantom Academy. Rzeczpospolita won the VALORANT final 2–0 against baigiau. The two VALORANT open qualifiers each produced one finalist; the organizer’s Challengermode pages identify BAIGIAU and Rzeczpospolita as the respective winners. The available participant links identify the four finalists, while a separate source lists 28 teams across VALORANT qualifying and final stages.[4][5][6][7][10][11]

The two game-specific tournaments had combined prize pools of €9,000: €5,000 for Counter-Strike 2 and €4,000 for VALORANT. The edition’s dates include the online qualifiers and the final at LITEXPO; the wider Comic Con Baltics festival ran May 22–24.[3][4][5]

References10
  1. [1]Baltics Gaming Expo 2026 — Baltics Gaming Expo
  2. [2]Comic Con Baltics 2026 program — Comic Con Baltics
  3. [3]Comic Con Baltics 2026 at LITEXPO — LITEXPO
  4. [4]Comic Con Baltics 2026 — Counter-Strike 2 — Liquipedia
  5. [5]Comic Con Baltics 2026 — VALORANT — Liquipedia
  6. [6]Comic Con Baltics 2026 — VLR.gg event page — VLR.gg
  7. [7]G2 Ares vs Phantom Academy — Comic Con Baltics 2026 — HLTV.org
  8. [8]Comic Con Baltics 2026 sponsored by Samsung — Renginio genas
  9. [9]Baltics Gaming Expo 2026 VALORANT Tournament — Open Qualifier — Baltics Gaming Expo on Challengermode
  10. [10]Baltics Gaming Expo 2026 VALORANT Tournament — Open Qualifier — Baltics Gaming Expo on Challengermode

Commercial opportunities

Festival sponsor

Samsung sponsored Comic Con Baltics 2026.[1]

VALORANT final presenters

SKYTECH and Lenovo presented the VALORANT final at the Baltics Gaming Expo esports stage.[1][2]

Counter-Strike 2 final presenter

Monster Energy presented the Counter-Strike 2 final at LITEXPO.[1][4]

Tournament schedule

  1. Counter Strike 2 Final

    G2 Ares wins the Counter-Strike 2 final

    G2 Ares defeated Phantom Esports Academy 2–0 in the best-of-three final at LITEXPO.[](cite:4)[](cite:7)

  2. Valorant Final

    Rzeczpospolita wins the VALORANT final

    Rzeczpospolita defeated baigiau 2–0 in the final at LITEXPO, Vilnius.[](cite:2)[](cite:6)

  3. Valorant Qualifier

    Online VALORANT qualifiers begin

    Two single-elimination qualifiers ran online on April 25 and 26; BAIGIAU and Rzeczpospolita won their brackets and advanced to the LAN final.[](cite:5)[](cite:10)[](cite:11)

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